ARLINGTON, Texas — J.P. Crawford hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners stretched their winning streak to 13 games, beating the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Saturday.

Carlos Santana homered as the Mariners (50-42) moved closer to the club-record 15-game winning streak set in their last playoff season in 2001. They have won 21 of their last 24 games overall to take eight series in a row, their most since winning 14 straight series during that 116-win season 21 years ago.

Seattle would match the longest winning streak in the majors this year with a victory in the series finale Sunday – its final game before the All-Star break. Reigning World Series champion Atlanta won 14 games in a row last month.

Crawford chopped a one-out single down the line past first base off Brett Martin (0-5), who was the fifth Texas pitcher and went the last two innings. That scored automatic runner Sam Haggerty, who came on as a pinch runner for Santana, who had an inning-ending groundout in the ninth.

ORIOLES 6, RAYS 4: Ryan Mountcastle hit a two-run single in the 11th inning, and Baltimore won in St. Petersburg, Florida, a day after its 10-game winning streak ended.

CARDINALS 11, REDS 3: Paul Goldschmidt hit his 300th career homer and drove in three runs, Albert Pujols reached another milestone and St. Louis won at home.

Goldschmidt’s two-run homer in the second inning was his 20th this season and first since June 27.

Goldschmidt, 34, became the 153rd player to reach 300 homers.

Pujols, 42, scored twice. He tied Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig for 12th place with 1,889 runs scored.

ASTROS 5, ATHLETICS 0: Justin Verlander struck out 10 in six sharp innings to post his MLB-leading 12th win and Houston beat visiting Oakland.

Martín Maldonado hit a second-inning grand slam as the AL West-leading Astros bounced back after a 5-1 loss in the series opener Friday night.

Verlander (12-3) allowed six hits without a walk and lowered his ERA to 1.89, which ranks third in the majors.

BLUE JAYS 6, ROYALS 5: Teoscar Hernández singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Toronto edged Kansas City.

Royals designated hitter Vinnie Pasquantino hit a tiebreaking home run in the top of the 10th inning to put Kansas City up 5-3, but Toronto rallied for three runs in the bottom half against former Blue Jays reliever Joel Payamps (2-3).

METS 2, CUBS 1: Pete Alonso hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning after Adam Ottavino worked out of a tricky jam, helping New York win at Chicago in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

The Cubs lost their eighth in a row.

ROCKIES 2, PIRATES 0: Kris Bryant had three hits and an RBI, Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI single, and Jose Urena pitched six scoreless innings in Colorado’s win at Denver.

TWINS 6, WHITE SOX 3: Jorge Polanco hit a three-run homer, one of three home runs for Minnesota against Lance Lynn, in a five-run third inning and Minnesota held on for a win at home.

First-time All-Star Luis Arraez led off the bottom of the first with a homer and Carlos Correa added a two-run shot in the third for the Twins, who had lost six of eight.

GUARDIANS 10, TIGERS 0: José Ramírez tuned up for the All-Star Home Run Derby by homering in his first two at-bats and driving in five runs – on his bobblehead giveaway day – to power Cleveland to a rout at home.

PHILLIES 10, MARLINS 0: Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading 29th homer, J.T. Realmuto had a homer and a double, and visiting Philadelphia spoiled the major league debut of touted Miami pitcher Max Meyer.

Didi Gregorius and Rhys Hoskins also went deep for the Phillies, who had not scored more than three runs in their previous seven games. Gregorius finished with four RBI.

BRAVES 6, NATIONALS 3: Matt Olson and freshly minted All-Star Austin Riley hit consecutive home runs in the third inning, and Atlanta dealt host Washington its ninth loss in a row.

Atlanta has won nine consecutive games against Washington and is 10-2 against the Nationals this season. The Braves have also won 14 in a row in Washington dating to last year.

Earlier in the day, Washington outfielder Juan Soto expressed irritation after The Athletic, citing unidentified sources, reported he turned down a $440 million, 15-year contract offer to remain with the Nationals that would have been the most lucrative in baseball history.

NOTES

ALL-STAR GAME: Houston second baseman Jose Altuve, San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodón, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and Miami Marlins second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr won’t be playing in Tuesday’s All-Star Game.

Altuve, Arenado and Chisholm are all dealing with injuries. It’s unclear why Rodón will miss the game.

MLB announced that Altuve is being replaced in the starting lineup by Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez, who is making his first appearance. Toronto’s Santiago Espinal will replace Altuve on the AL roster.

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson, Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley and San Diego’s Jake Cronenworth were added to the NL roster.

RAYS: Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier said after being moved to the 60-day injured list that he could miss the rest of the regular season because of a left hip injury.

Kiermaier, a Gold Glove-caliber outfielder, hasn’t played since July 9.

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